
Leading Academic Change
Essential Roles for Department Chairs
Ann F. Lucas(Author)
Jossey-Bass (Publisher)
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 21. March 2000
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-7879-4682-1 (ISBN)
Description
"To ensure its continued validity, higher education needs to change, something it cannot do without the participation of department chairs. In this book, Ann Lucas has assembled some of the most thoughtful people in higher education to provide the 'line leaders' of higher education with the essential knowledge they need to bring those changes about."
--Margaret A. Miller, president, American Association for Higher Education
"Department chairs are typically amateurs, entering upon their position for a limited time with no formal training to prepare them for the many roles and responsibilities that the job requires. Both new chairs and more experienced ones will find in Leading Academic Change help in dealing with problems they are facing as well as inspiration and insights to go beyond minimum expectations and provide leadership for the future."
--W.J. McKeachie, professor of psychology, University of Michigan
"With practical advice and a platform of sound social science, Lucas offers a promising paradigm for chairs to move their departments from a federation of islands to a decision-making team."
--Carla B. Howery, deputy executive officer, American Sociological Association
For the 80,000 department chairs working on campuses across the nation, this visionary yet practical book shows how to manage academic change at the department level. It provides useful ideas and strategies on handling resistance to change, transforming departments into productive learning communities, and improving educational quality for students. In twelve incisive chapters, top academic scholars, authors, and consultants address topics and trAnds as diverse as service learning, technological change, curriculum renewal, faculty reward systems, and post-tenure review. They offer effective models to help department chairs and administrators work through the change process, including recommAndations based on real-world experiences. They also integrate the latest research with examples of best practices into a readable, accessible format. Whether you are a department chair, administrator, or a faculty member aspiring to improve your department, Leading Academic Change is the expert's guide to mobilizing faculty energy towards academic success.
--Margaret A. Miller, president, American Association for Higher Education
"Department chairs are typically amateurs, entering upon their position for a limited time with no formal training to prepare them for the many roles and responsibilities that the job requires. Both new chairs and more experienced ones will find in Leading Academic Change help in dealing with problems they are facing as well as inspiration and insights to go beyond minimum expectations and provide leadership for the future."
--W.J. McKeachie, professor of psychology, University of Michigan
"With practical advice and a platform of sound social science, Lucas offers a promising paradigm for chairs to move their departments from a federation of islands to a decision-making team."
--Carla B. Howery, deputy executive officer, American Sociological Association
For the 80,000 department chairs working on campuses across the nation, this visionary yet practical book shows how to manage academic change at the department level. It provides useful ideas and strategies on handling resistance to change, transforming departments into productive learning communities, and improving educational quality for students. In twelve incisive chapters, top academic scholars, authors, and consultants address topics and trAnds as diverse as service learning, technological change, curriculum renewal, faculty reward systems, and post-tenure review. They offer effective models to help department chairs and administrators work through the change process, including recommAndations based on real-world experiences. They also integrate the latest research with examples of best practices into a readable, accessible format. Whether you are a department chair, administrator, or a faculty member aspiring to improve your department, Leading Academic Change is the expert's guide to mobilizing faculty energy towards academic success.
Reviews / Votes
"To ensure its continued validity, higher education needs to change, something it cannot do without the participation of department chairs. In this book, Ann Lucas has assembled some of the most thoughtful people in higher education to provide the 'line leaders' of higher education with the essential knowledge they need to bring those changes about." (Margaret A. Miller, president, American Association for Higher Education)"Department chairs are typically amateurs, entering upon their position for a limited time with no formal training to prepare them for the many roles and responsibilities that the job requires. Both new chairs and more experienced ones will find in Leading Academic Change help in dealing with problems they are facing as well as inspiration and insights to go beyond minimum expectations and provide leadership for the future." (W.J. McKeachie, professor of psychology, University of Michigan)
"Ann Lucas inspires chairs beyond the jokes about 'herding cats' to see their central role at the intersection of the institution and their discipline. With practical advice and a platform of sound social science, Lucas offers a promising paradigm for chairs to move their departments from a federation of islands to a decision-making team." (Carla B. Howery, deputy executive officer, American Sociological Association)
"This book is unusually good. Clear, comprehensive, and immediately useful, it should be read by every department chair." (Peter Seldin, Lubin School of Business, Pace University)
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
712 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-4682-1 (9780787946821)
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Additional editions

Peter Seldin | J. Elizabeth Miller
The Academic Portfolio
A Practical Guide to Documenting Teaching, Research, and Service
E-Book
04/2009
Jossey-Bass
€37.99
Available for download
Person
ANN F. LUCAS is a consultant and professor emeritus at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, where she served as campus chair in the Department of Management. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology and author of Strengthening Department Leadership: A Team Building Guide for Chairs in Colleges and Universities (1994, Jossey-Bass).
Content
LEADING CHANGE.
A Teamwork Approach to Change in the Academic Department (A. Lucas).
A Collaborative Model for Leading Academic Change (A. Lucas).
Handling Resistance to Change (S. Cheldelin).
Transforming Departments into Productive Learning Communities (T. Angelo).
THE COLLABORATIVE ROLE OF THE CHAIR IN DEPARTMENTAL CHANGE.
The Departmental Statement on Promotion and Tenure: A Key to Successful Leadership (R. Diamond).
Post-Tenure Review (C. Licata).
Strengthening the Departmental Voice in the Faculty Reward System (H. Altman).
LEADING INNOVATIVE CHANGE IN CURRICULUM AND TEACHING.
Monitoring and Improving Educational Quality in the Academic Department (L. Gardiner).
Service Learning and the Engaged Department: A Strategy with Many Uses (E. Zlotkowski).
Giving Faculty Ownership of Technological Change in the Department (A. Bates).
Leading Curriculum Renewal (A. Ferren & K. Mussell).
The Academy as Learning Community: Contradiction in Terms or Realizable Future? (P. Senge).
A Teamwork Approach to Change in the Academic Department (A. Lucas).
A Collaborative Model for Leading Academic Change (A. Lucas).
Handling Resistance to Change (S. Cheldelin).
Transforming Departments into Productive Learning Communities (T. Angelo).
THE COLLABORATIVE ROLE OF THE CHAIR IN DEPARTMENTAL CHANGE.
The Departmental Statement on Promotion and Tenure: A Key to Successful Leadership (R. Diamond).
Post-Tenure Review (C. Licata).
Strengthening the Departmental Voice in the Faculty Reward System (H. Altman).
LEADING INNOVATIVE CHANGE IN CURRICULUM AND TEACHING.
Monitoring and Improving Educational Quality in the Academic Department (L. Gardiner).
Service Learning and the Engaged Department: A Strategy with Many Uses (E. Zlotkowski).
Giving Faculty Ownership of Technological Change in the Department (A. Bates).
Leading Curriculum Renewal (A. Ferren & K. Mussell).
The Academy as Learning Community: Contradiction in Terms or Realizable Future? (P. Senge).